4th Dec, 2024 11:00

Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Dec 2024

 
Lot 156
 

156

A MILITARY SHORTSWORD, LATE 16TH CENTURY, PROBABLY AUSTRIAN

with broad slightly curved blade double-edged at the tip and formed with a fuller along the back-edge on each face, struck twice with a mark, a shield charged with a cross, on the reverse, iron hilt comprising a pair of drooping quillons of flattened-triangular section with pointed terminals engraved with a pair of lines, outer ring-guard and knuckle-guard en suite with the quillons, low pyramidal pommel, and early leather-bound grip, 64.7 cm blade

Provenance

Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S1170

The marks on the blade are perhaps for the Vienna Town Arsenal.

Sold for £850


 

with broad slightly curved blade double-edged at the tip and formed with a fuller along the back-edge on each face, struck twice with a mark, a shield charged with a cross, on the reverse, iron hilt comprising a pair of drooping quillons of flattened-triangular section with pointed terminals engraved with a pair of lines, outer ring-guard and knuckle-guard en suite with the quillons, low pyramidal pommel, and early leather-bound grip, 64.7 cm blade

Provenance

Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S1170

The marks on the blade are perhaps for the Vienna Town Arsenal.

Auction: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Dec 2024, 4th Dec, 2024

Auction Location: London, UK

Including:

THE BILL TERRY COLLECTION, PART II: NON WESTERN ARCHERY

THE ROY ELVIS COLLECTION OF INDIAN ARMS & ARMOUR, PART V

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF CHARLES SOMERS COCKS, 3RD EARL SOMERS (1819-83), EASTNOR CASTLE, THENCE BY DESCENT

AN IMPORTANT ENGLISH PRIVATE COLLECTION

THE ROBERT E. BROOKER JR. COLLECTION OF RARE ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOUR, PART ONE: THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD

 

Contact Simeon Beever for enquiries

simeon.beever@olympiaauctions.com | + 44 (0) 20 7602 4805

Viewing days: 

Sunday 1st December: 12:00pm to 4:00pm
Monday 2nd December: 10:00am to 7.00pm
Tuesday 3rd December: 10.00am to 5.00pm

Recent testimonials about Olympia Auctions 

'friendly, efficient and helpful advice with personal service, much appreciated'

'very good auction house. Competent staff, high quality artifacts.'

View all lots in this sale